Marco Pfiffner
Marco Pfiffner | |||||||
nation | Liechtenstein | ||||||
birthday | 25th March 1994 (age 26) | ||||||
place of birth | Walenstadt , Switzerland | ||||||
size | 191 cm | ||||||
Weight | 93 kg | ||||||
Career | |||||||
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discipline |
Super-G , giant slalom , slalom , combination |
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society | Unterländer winter sports club | ||||||
status | active | ||||||
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup | |||||||
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last change: March 15, 2020 |
Marco Pfiffner (born March 25, 1994 in Walenstadt , Canton St. Gallen , Switzerland ) is a Liechtenstein ski racer . The six-time Liechtenstein champion has already taken part in several world championships and Olympic Games .
biography
Marco Pfiffner comes from Mauren and starts for the Unterländer Wintersportverein (UWV).
Youth and European Cup
At 15 he competed in his first FIS races . A year later, in January 2011, he took part in the Junior World Championships in Crans-Montana and finished 43th and 54th in slalom and giant slalom. In two other JWM participations he reached a 22nd place in the slalom of Jasná 2014 as the best result. At the end of the season he won his first of five national championship titles in slalom. In January 2013 he started in the European Cup for the first time until he could win his first points, but three years passed. His personal best remained an 18th place for the coming winters, achieved in the Zell am See slalom in January 2016.
Major events and World Cup
A few weeks after his first Junior World Championship, Pfiffner also competed at the World Championship in Garmisch-Partenkirchen . He was ranked 72nd in giant slalom and 53rd in slalom. Two years later he made slight improvements at the World Championships in Schladming . The Olympic Games in Sochi brought him his best results at major events with places 24 and 42 in his two main disciplines.
On January 24, 2016, he made his World Cup debut in the Kitzbühel slalom , but has never qualified for a second run in several other starts. At the state championships in March 2016, he was crowned Liechtenstein champion for the first time in both slalom and giant slalom. In the giant slalom, a 39th place was enough for him, more than 5.7 seconds behind race winner Christian Hirschbühl .
In his third participation in a world championship , he started in St. Moritz for the first time in four disciplines. 36th and 42nd in Super-G and Downhill, he finished 34th in the combination and achieved his best World Championship result with 26th place in the slalom. On January 12, 2018, he surprisingly won the European Cup combination in Saalbach . For his second Olympic Games in Pyeongchang he was selected as the flag bearer of the three-man Liechtenstein squad. In four races he stayed with a 25th slalom rank just above his previous top result from 2014.
In January 2020, Pfiffner achieved his first World Cup points with 29th place in the Lauberhorn combination.
successes
Olympic games
- Sochi 2014 : 24th slalom, 42nd giant slalom
- Pyeongchang 2018 : 25th slalom, 36th Super-G, 43rd downhill
World championships
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011 : 53rd slalom, 72nd giant slalom
- Schladming 2013 : 34th slalom, 71st giant slalom
- St. Moritz 2017 : 26th slalom, 34th combination, 36th Super-G, 42nd descent
World cup
- 1 place in the top 30
World Cup ratings
season | total | combination | ||
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space | Points | space | Points | |
2019/20 | 161. | 2 | 44. | 2 |
European Cup
- 2017/18 season : 2nd combined ranking
- 3 placements among the top 20, including 1 victory:
date | place | country | discipline |
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January 12, 2018 | Saalbach | Austria | combination |
Junior World Championships
- Crans-Montana 2011 : 43rd slalom, 54th giant slalom
- Roccaraso 2012 : 54th giant slalom
- Jasná 2014 : 22nd slalom, 56th giant slalom
More Achievements
- 6-time Liechtenstein champion (slalom 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017, giant slalom 2016)
- Victory at the Swiss Slalom Championships in 2016
- 4 victories in FIS races
Web links
- Official website
- Marco Pfiffner in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ LSV management. UWV, accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Peter Gerber: Marco Pfiffner also wins the slalom title. Skionline.ch, March 26, 2016, archived from the original on February 5, 2018 ; accessed on February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Marco Pfiffner is the standard bearer. Liechtenstein Fatherland , February 8, 2018, accessed on February 8, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pfiffner, Marco |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Liechtenstein ski racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Walenstadt |